Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
How exactly does one roleplay graceful or not graceful? Seems to me that would be a product of what delicate maneuvers they succeed at and what they fail at. In other words, the effect of low dex is already covered by the penalty to dex rolls. Likewise with strength and con. There’s this weird double standard where physical stats speak for themselves and mental/social ones have to be “roleplayed” according to whatever standard the DM decides. Personally, I prefer to let all stats speak for themselves. Intelligence is explicitly defined as ability to recall lore and make logical deductions. Having low intelligence will make you worse at those things because you’ll fail at rolls to do them more often. That should be enough in my view.Sure, one must not give credence or power to stereotypes - and that must be crystal clear from Session 0 onwards. However, it is not acceptable for a player to dump stat the two favourites - Int or Cha and then roleplay them as smart or charming (respectively), hiding behind the excuse that they should be able to roleplay their character how they want.
The fact is they dump stated to get a better Dex, Con or whatever and will as a direct result enjoy rolling with the consequent extra bonus continually through the game/campaign. If they had dump stated Dex - then I would not have allowed them to roleplay being graceful either, or a 7 Str character as strong - so I don't for Int or Cha.